The world is a pretty scary place, and as questionable powers continue to rise it's cultivating a revolution amongst the common people. Molehill feels the way many people do these days and decided to express their concerns about the state of the world in the video for their latest single, "Hearts on Fire."

"We wanted a video that would reinforce the lyrics and message of the song while also adding additional layers through the visual format," vocalist Peter Manhart explains. "Over a couple phone calls with director Matt DiMare, we were all on board with using footage of protests and revolutions. We also tossed around the idea of people being forced to watch this footage in almost a Clockwork Orange-type scenario. Matt came up with a storyline for the video which we all loved — the "angel" character, played by Kit Hamlen, finds Peter walking through downtown Chicago like a zombie, unaware of his surroundings (not an unusual sight in any city these days), takes him to this strange building and forces him to watch protest footage and "pay attention".  He sort of "wakes up" out of his previous state and takes to the street himself to carry on her work. The video was shot on a cold and rainy day in Chicago, IL."

"Hearts on Fire" is the latest single and title track off the Chicago-based prog-rockers' upcoming EP, which you can pre-order here. Watch the compelling video below.

If you're in Austin this week for SXSW, be sure to check out one (or all!) of Molehill's gigs:

3.15 - 3pm - Dirty Dog Bar

3.15 - 7pm - Tiniest Bar in Texas 

3.17 - 7pm - Unbarlievable

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